Mid-Atlantic/Tri-State Combined Module Setup

The Mid-Atlantic and Tri-State On30 module groups set up together for the first time at Kimberton this year.

Dave Michailof describes the setup: "We had 79 feet of mainline, set up to run terminal to loop for a total of 160' of mainline. Of that 79 feet, 16 feet had been to Kimberton before, another 20 feet had been run together but never at Kimberton and the rest was brand new."

"Due to unforeseen work commitments a large portion of the mainline did not arrive until 1030 Friday night. These were brand new modules and it took us 4-5 hours to set them up on Saturday. They arrived incomplete and I think everyone did a great job working together to get them going. Once up they ran fantastically and I am planning on shamelessly copying some of their design elements."

Layout Setup

Members bringing modules included Dave Michailof, Kevin Hunter, Charlie Potter, Bill Strickland, and Greg Jaekel from Mid-Atlantic and Dave Camisa and Larry Rickert from Tri-State. Other members attending and helping with the setup were Robert Wall, Nate Kline and Wes White. Thanks to all who attended.

Nate Kline, Kevin Hunter, Dave Michailof and Dave Camisa

End-to-End Layout Tour

One of Kevin's two return loops

Charlie Potter's modules

Greg Jaekel's module

Bill Strickland's modules, soon to be a logging camp

Charlie Potter's corner module

Dave Michailof's corner module

Larry Rickert's modules

Kevin Hunter's second return loop

Dave Camisa's modules

Kimberton will probably be the largest combined setup for both groups for this year. The Tri-State group will be setting up at the Mid-Hudson On30 Meet at Gardiner, NY in October, and the Mid-Atlantic group may set up at Timonium, MD.

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